Re: APIs for file-reords

["Eric DeLong"<eric.delong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

     Raj,
     I'm not sure what you mean for #1. APIs are designed to be used in 
     HLL programs. You HLL is going to provide support for File IO.
     
     Deleted records are stored in the PF indefinitely unless you "reuse 
     deleted records" or reorg the file. If you DSPFD a physical file, 
     you'll see in the member list a count of deleted records. These 
     records live in the PF, but are marked by OS400 as "deleted" and 
     therefore cannot be directly accessed. 
     
     SAVF copies everything in the physical file, including the 
     "deleted" records. All you're doing is finding the deleted record, 
     copying the record image, and creating a new record with the same 
     data as the deleted record.
     
     eric.delong@pmsi-services.com


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Subject: APIs for file-reords 
Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INET_WACO
Date:    12/23/98 4:18 PM


Hi Everybody,

Another set of stupid questions:

1. Is(are) there API(s) for accessing records from the file?

2. Where does the system keeps deleted records and where are the delete 
flags stored?

3. How come SAVF stores informations such as Delete flags, CRC etc. when 
PF doesnot, and not even file description?

Thanks,

Rajeev.


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